Master in Libraries, Archives and Digital Continuity

In the first term the student must take the 27 credits of the compulsory subjects common to both itineraries. In the second term, the student must take a specialized itinerary in libraries (subjects marked as Itinerary 1) or in archives (subjects marked as Itinerary 2). In both itineraries, students must take the 21 credits of elective subjects of the itinerary of their choice.

In addition, a total of 6 credits must be taken from among all the elective subjects offered between the first and second term. To this must be added the 6 credits of the Master Thesis that must be taken in the second term and that will be defended once the rest of the credits of the compulsory subjects (27 ECTS) and elective subjects (27 ECTS) have been passed.

Formative Complements *

Subject	ECTS	TYPE	Language
Information processing and management in libraries and archives	3	FC

* Formative Complements: those students coming from degrees not related to information processing and management and who do not have sufficient professional experience and complementary training in this field must take 3 credits of formative complements (CF) from the Monday of the week prior to the day of the presentation of the master's degree until the middle of the following October.. For more information, please check the requirements for access to the master's degree.

Itinerary 1: "Digital Libraries and information Services"

Itinerary 2: "Archives, Records Management and Digital Continuity"

• (C) Compulsory: 27 ECTS
• (E) Elective courses: 27 ECTS
• (TFM) Master Thesis: 6 ECTS

✎ │All subjects will have a final physical examination that must be done in the facilities of the University at the end of each term or academic year. However, all the face-to-face exams of the Master (of both terms) can be concentrated, at the student's will, to be held on three consecutive days at the end of May, in order to make attendance possible for students residing outside the Community of Madrid.

course Programs

◤ Access to previous course programs

GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION

☛ First year offered: 2017

• Information about Master's Degree
• Verification Report
• External evaluation and Monitoring Reports

QUALITY INDICATORS

☛ Master's Degree indicators

☛ Labour insertion indicators

PROGRAMME’S QUALITY ASSURANCE

The Academic Committee of the Master’s programme complies with the SGIC-UC3M and it is responsible for the follow-up, analysis, review, assessment and quality of the program, it contributes with proposals to improve the program and produces the “Memoria Académica de Titulación” (Programme Report).

• Academic Committee

FACULTY AND COURSE PLAN

☛ Curriculum subjects and their faculty

Graduate Profile and Competences

• Graduate profile and competences

Application

The request is made electronically through our application. Before starting the admission process, please, read the following information:

• Documentation that must be uploaded to the on line application
• Calendar and general information about admission 
• Follow the step-by-step instructions in the application for admission

Requirements

Access to the Master will be subject to the requirements established by the Royal Decree 822/2021 of 28 September 2021.

To have an official Spanish university degree or another issued by a higher education institution belonging to another EHEA member state that entitles them to access Master's degree courses.

For the access of graduates coming from educational systems outside the EHEA, the provisions of article 16.2 of said RD shall be observed.

FORMATIVE COMPLEMENTS

Those students coming from degrees not related to information processing and management and who do not have sufficient professional experience and complementary training in this field must take 3 credits of formative complements in Information processing and management in libraries and archives.

The purpose of this requirement is to familiarize students with the concepts and fundamentals necessary for a correct understanding of some of the subjects of the Master's program. They will be taken from the Monday of the week prior to the day of the Master's presentation until the middle of the following October.

Admission criteria

Admission will be decided by the Master’s Academic Committee, taking into account the potential of each candidate attending to their motivation and especially to the merits provided in the documentation requested.

The weighting will be carried out as follows:

* Required language level B1 according to the European Framework.

Within the Master's Steering Committee, a Committee will be appointed to decide on the selection of candidates, which will be formed by:

• Master's Director
• Master's Deputy Director
• At least one professor from the departments involved

Language requirements

Check the general language requirements required to study a Master’s at UC3M, depending on whether it is in Spanish, English or bilingual.

students with foreign university degrees

Once admitted to the Master’s, students with university degrees issued by a higher education institution belonging to an educational system outside the EHEA, must provide, for enrolment, the diploma, legalized by diplomatic procedures or by means of The Hague Apostille. They must also submit the transcript of records, with the grade point average, duly legalized.

More information about Legalization of Foreign Documents.

If needed, documents must be accompanied by an official sworn translation into Spanish.

FEES *

2022-2023 Academic year

Reservation fee: €450 

• it will be paid once the student receives notification of admission to the master’s, and deducted from the first tuition payment
• the reservation fee will only be refunded if the master program is cancelled

60 ECTS in the first academic year:

• EU students: €2,701.2 (€45.02/ECTS credit)
• Non EU students: €5,044.2 (€84.07/ECTS credit)

✎│Programme’s fees

NOTE: The enrolment fees do not include the cost of issuing the master’s degree certificate.

* Pending approval by the Community of Madrid for the academic year 22/23

Additional information

• You may enrol on the master’s degree after completing the admission process and receiving formal confirmation of your acceptance.
• When performing the enrolment you can choose between Full-time enrolment or Part-time enrolment.
• The email address provided upon enrolment will be used for formal communications; students are therefore kindly requested to check their mail regularly.
• Pursuant to the regulations of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, a student failing to pay any part of the fees will not be admitted and the enrolment process will be terminated. In cases of cancellation of enrolment due to non-payment, the University may demand the payment of the pending amounts for enrolment in previous academic courses as a prior condition of enrolment.
  No diploma or certificate will be issued if a student has any outstanding payments.

✎│Enrolment master’s programmes

✎│ECTS credits recognition

Best Practices and Regulations

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• Student disciplinary system
• Ethical code
• Enrollment and permanence rules
• Master's Thesis rules
• Rules for credits recognition

Links of interest

• Frequenly asked questions
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